Jedburgh

About Jedburgh

The inhabitants of the Royal Burgh of Jedburgh have the rallying cry of Jeddart's here', a reminder of time in when they joined the meeting at the Reidswire.

'Beanjeddart bauldly made him boun,
Wi aa the Trumbills, stronge and stout;
The Rutherfoords, wi grit renown
Convoy'd the town o Jeddart out.’

What had started as truce day meeting between the Scots and English Wardens, got out of hand and ended in a full scale battle and the Jeddart men had turned the tide in the Scots favour